Bible Verses About Marriage

"Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her."

Paul calls husbands to sacrificial love modeled after Christ.

"For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh."

The foundational description of marriage as unity and new family.

"Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: If one falls down, his companion can lift him up."

Solomon celebrates the practical blessings of partnership.

"And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity."

Paul identifies love as the bond that holds relationships together.

"Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins."

Peter emphasizes that deep love helps navigate inevitable offenses.

"A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies. Her husband has full confidence in her and lacks nothing of value."

Solomon praises the value of a trustworthy spouse.

"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs."

Paul's description of love provides a blueprint for marriage.

"Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate."

Jesus affirms the permanence of the marriage covenant.